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The Cambodian Second Prime Minister, Hun Sen, is in Bangkok on Wednesday for talks with the Thai Prime Minister, Chuan Leekpai. Discussions are expected to include preparations for elections in Cambodia in July and the proposed repatriation of Cambodian refugees. From the Thai capital, Flora Botsford reports.
The official agenda for Wednesday's bilateral talks includes border trade, Thai investment in Cambodia and the expected signing of two co-operation agreements on extradition and drugs trafficking.
A government spokesman in Bangkok said the forthcoming elections in Cambodia would also be discussed, along with plans for the repatriation of Cambodian refugees and the fate of the Khmer Rouge guerrilla group.
Thousands of Cambodian refugees have been streaming across the border into Thailand in the past few weeks as forces loyal to Second Prime Minister, Hun Sen, push further into remaining pockets of Khmer Rouge territory.
The Thai government has already given shelter to tens of thousands of Cambodians who fled the country last year when Hun Sen ousted his rival First Prime Minister, Prince Ranariddh, in a violent coup.
Cambodia and Thailand have given their support to a United Nations programme on the voluntary repatriation of refugees.
For Hun Sen, the matter is becoming more urgent ahead of elections in July and he may use this meeting with the Thai Prime Minister, Chuan Leekpai, to try and speed up the process.
Observers say Hun Sen will also be seeking assurances from the Thai government on neutrality in the conflict with Prince Ranariddh, whose forces are still battling with government troops.
The Cambodian government says it also wants to win international support for attempts to bring the remaining Khmer Rouge leaders to justice for their role in the 1970s genocide, following the death of Pol Pot last month.
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